TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
January 17, 2008
• Use 3D Max to create growing 3D vines
• Composite Z depth pass in After Effects for DOF
 
TUTORIAL NOTES:
This tutorial uses 3D Studio Max and After Effects. No project files are available. Similar effect in Cinema4D: http://www.videocopilot.net/blog/?p=158 Tutorial for Maya: http://www.jessetoulafilms.com/TutorialPages/AnimatedExtrude.html
Running Time: 27mins.


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by Utku 11/14/2009
perfect
by StevenNoni 10/31/2009
i done it! but in maya!!! check it please Andrew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oVVWeQrU0Y
by Junior 10/27/2009
Mr. Kramer you are the greatest man in the world..Thanks from Croatia...
by Somnath Sutradhar 10/26/2009
Really you are big boss.Sir, Andrew Kramer you are my teacher of Adobe After Effect. I Learn many option from you.Thank You Sir. i have no teacher but when i shaw your site then i learn and worked a media channel. i really happy sir. please sir help me in future.
by Juliaaaan 10/22/2009
This is the best Tutorial, ive ever seen.
But i need the Project File :D

Thx from germany
by Bradley 09/24/2009
Mr, Cramer.

Australia thanks you.
by Marconi Neves 08/20/2009
Andrew,
I'm brazilian and YOU ARE THE BEST....
Wow...
Great tutorials and excelent ideias..
Amazing man
by silas 08/03/2009
where is the download project??
by Mushromking 07/28/2009
AMAZING TUTORIAL but found a quicker way to make the room instead of making 4 different walls
by Pepe Jiménez 07/25/2009

Hey Andrew, thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge, You're great. This tutorial is amazing.
by madhu_sanjel2000 07/22/2009
its wonder full pakage after effect
by DarkEntity 07/20/2009
Pretty cool...greetings from the Philippines.Kramer World rules!
by gitarakista 07/05/2009
great>>great>><<gReat>>

Jason,.. From : Philippines..
Thnks for every tutorials..
by Jeremiah 06/29/2009
I've done a video tutorial on how to do this in Blender 3D...for those of you who use Blender.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=51C7668997168278
by Mehmet 06/29/2009
I love all tutorial.. :D
by uday 06/28/2009
Very nice Tutorial
by MC-1OO 06/27/2009
COOOOOOLL
by Babafemi Akinbobola 06/16/2009
Thanks Andrew for your hard work, when are you going to work permanently on Cinema 4D?
by Dj Eddy Guate. 06/13/2009
Simply excellent!
by Vadim 06/03/2009
thats cool!=) thnx for you tutorials!
by hamza 05/30/2009
thank youuuuu !!
by Justin Breen 05/18/2009
Thank you for posting this tutorial. This is my first attempt at modeling in 3D Max and I must say, your tutorial was spot on. I am having one problem though. I have the room created and I was putting in the extra lights but when I tried to render out the scene, they wouldn't show up. I tried deleting all of my lights and starting over but when I did, now I can't get ANY lights to show up. Dont know whether its a setting issue or what but I desperately need lights in my room before I can move on. Thank you once again.
by Bret Lautzenheiser 05/14/2009
Hey Andrew, awesome tutorial.

just wanted to let you know I managed to do this in C4D, it wasn't all too hard to complete. If you'd like, I'd be willing to create a video tutorial for your site.
by Nasir 05/14/2009
Andrew is A W E S O M E. Thank you so much buddy.
by RemingtonM 05/05/2009
Thanks for another awesome tutorial! The more 3ds tutorials the better. I can't wait for the text one you've been teasing us with, I was just about to try 3d text in 3ds but I think I'll wait.
by Christian 05/04/2009
Hey guys!

I used this tutorial to make this prison intro!
Take a look and tell me what you think.

http://www.ubetoo.com/TopVideos.taf?_VideoId=9492
by 124512Jeremy 04/28/2009
Voor ongeveer de zelfde effect kan ook in After Effects:
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/light_streaks/
(Form videoCopilot)
by p 04/26/2009
Im new with 3ds max and ive got the 2010 version .I have to find out how to desighn a face or something.Great tutorial!:)
by ph 04/24/2009
can u make more 3Ds Tutz ..with freakin text effects ;p
by kazwo 04/23/2009
suwun dab in english is Thank you bro.....
by Julian 04/07/2009
Hey Andrew...awesome tutorial..
Saludos desde Colombia
Bye
by manuel (portugal) 04/02/2009
can you tell me how to do an effect.
by pablo 03/21/2009
alguien de habla hispana que me ayude con los plugins de twitch ;D
que postee su e-mail y lo agrego
by SuperSteve 03/11/2009
Will you C4D guys quit whining about the 3D app. Andy uses?
Unless you live in some third world country, 3DSMax and Maya are 'the' 3D apps of choice - deal with it.

by Feroz 02/26/2009
Thank you Kramer.

Here is a link which I made following your tutorial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEsPuLxe3k8

Hope its ok.


Feroz (Fiji Islands)
by Parkey 01/20/2009
Desde Uruguay te felicito! muy buen trabajo, ahora mismo lo voy a poner en practica,un gran saludo... eres un genio!
by sab 01/19/2009
Hey bro this is super cool.. i hope we can see more amazing tutorials from you..

thanks a lot for sharing this with us..
by Jihad 01/18/2009
Mr.Kramer

Thank you very much
by simon 01/15/2009
WoW! very nice tutorial


thanks from Quèbec
by Revelation 01/08/2009
In 3ds Max you can select on object on make it transparent by holding "ALT" and "X".
by David 01/02/2009
Andrew, I think I love you.

the best video copilot in the world by far. Better than my damn 3D artist teacher at school xD

Cheers for the tutorial. I hope to make some kind of title like this when I have the time, and purchase your products!

Thanks again!
by Travis 12/28/2008
WONDERFUL TUTORIAL!!!

WONDERFULLY EXPLAINED!!!

WONDERFUL OUTCOME!!!!
by Nicolas 12/27/2008
I use drafting software and this will really help me bridge between design and presentation. Thank you!
by joao 12/17/2008
i love this tutorial, i only have a problem :S, when i render the footage in .psg but in the end there is a image for each frame, how do i put they together? please help me
carefully joao lourenco
by Mathewa 12/12/2008
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by AgatoNN 12/03/2008
nice my movie its perfect
by michael 12/02/2008
hey andrew very cool tutorial that looks very cool
the vines looks very cool
saw wen you take it to after effects do you import as footage or composition?

do you know in Cinema 4d wath kind of settings or wath
format?
ok cheers keep up the good work
michael....
by Young Junior 12/01/2008
Salam
It's fantastic tutorial 'n very cool.
Luar Biasa from Indonesia
by Satish Devasani 11/29/2008
HI andrew,your tutorials are very much helpful to me.Thank you very much

from INDIA
by SUPERMASSIVE 11/26/2008
Oops, wrong link...

http://vimeo.com/2351280
by SUPERMASSIVE 11/25/2008
Good stuff! Here's my take translated to Cinema 4D. I even threw in some green screen for fun :)

http://vimeo.com/2340787
by kevin 11/24/2008
I am really stressing out right now. I am in the middle of this tutorial and I just rendered from 3d max as png. I made 100 files and i dont know how to get them down to the way you did for after effects. Please help me very soon I as so stressed out about this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by moonoo 11/23/2008
Hey Kramer you roooock. You're the Chinggis in AE. Hello from Mongolia.
by Gurru1989 11/21/2008
Andrew!!! You are the MAN!!! Great work as always!! you helping many of us !!! have got two of your products and will carry on !! but u the man!!!!
by whabh 11/12/2008
Very nice. Thank you . Ilove videocopilot . Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you
by ebenezer 11/09/2008
il love this it"s really encouraging great work by uuu andrew
by Goran 10/27/2008
Very VERY nice!
I learned a lot about 3D Max aswell!
Tnx!
by multifrag 10/27/2008
Hi,thanks Amdrew but i have a problem with rending the projekt when im starting to render my camera starting to go mad its renders not the thing i wonna.when i putted it in activeshade its works perfect but i cant save it so please help
by Giul Viera 10/26/2008
More test:)

http://www.vimeo.com/2057731


Thank you so much Andrew!
by GiantSimon 10/24/2008
Hey Andrew
I love twitch and looked around to see if it would work in CS4.

I just got the Master Collection and run AE on a Mac.

I'm not quite ready to install CS4 just yet. Can't let my money maker go down.

Thanks for all the great stuff you do. I've purchased everything you got - keep it up the pixel-smashing heroin.

Jamie
by Paton MacD 10/19/2008
I was fully expecting to receive a tutorial with Twitch that would allow me to replicate what AK did in the preview. The tutorial that is on the free site is simplistic and shows the basics. But there is some more advanced stuff in there that I sure wish I could learn how to do! like the side lights and the grating on the ceiling at the end.
by Ahmed 10/18/2008
great man thanks a lot for it i will try to make somthimg like this soon, cheers
by peeks 10/12/2008
You can use Trapcode Particular to make the vines like in light streaks.
by linhtike 10/10/2008
very good tutorial
by BacaBro!! 10/04/2008
goago ka
by Serhan 10/01/2008
Thank you very much again for this tutorial! I love all your tutorials! Your my idol man ;-D
I hope i can be just as good as you one day :D
by Physically Present 09/28/2008
Hey,
I removed the main tool bar from the 3ds max ..how do i make it come back?

by the em 09/22/2008
thank you andrew - these are all very nice tutorials :)

im learning alot - its my new motivation^^

keep it up :)
by Espen Buer 09/20/2008
hey,

I got a problem when i render the 3D max project and imort it to AE, i can't get the clip to play:S i did exacly what the tutorial said but it won't work:S i need help!
by kang babay 09/16/2008
Howdy, ask a problem, why the TWITCH exaggerates in the AE not to come out,
by kanakan 09/08/2008
Great.Greetings From Turkiye.AMAZING TUTORIAL
Thanks...We wanna more :)
by omer 09/08/2008
hey Andrew,
i have found this tutorial cut in this tutorial it can be made just in after effects and TrapCode Particular..

http://maltaannon.com/tutorials/AfterEffects/GrowingVines/
by daniel elma 09/05/2008
hey, this is one of the best tutorials of all time primarily,, andrew is so cool,, video copilot rocks... greetings from the philippines..
by KIFO 09/02/2008
This Tutorial aep version:

http://www.donanimx.com/growing_3d_vines.aep
by Jhontalan 08/25/2008
Excellent!!!----- Excelente!!!---- Gracias Maestro!!------- Thanks Master!
by kapanpun 08/22/2008
thanks for your informations
by pomelo 08/22/2008
thanks for your tutorials , excellent!!!
greeting from china
by Will 08/21/2008
I really like the twitch and the growing vines. I was wishing that you would make this aep for us to see and play with. This is awesome effects. Thanks you are great..
by Ayros pictures 08/20/2008
Your tutorial are perfects but please, WHY DON'T YOU MAKE SOME ON BLENDER INSTEAD OF 3DS MAX ?
thanks a lot.
by nitro 08/17/2008
This is awesome!
by basem mesbah 08/11/2008
thanks andrew you r gr8
by nadav 08/09/2008
Andrew is the man!
by Guy 08/06/2008
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=9jTuJEicMQg

snowboard movie i made (something went wrong with music rendering on youtube, but still ok :) )

switch is gooooodd!! :D
by blimp 08/05/2008
how do u add the words?

great vid though love all of them
by bman 08/04/2008
Hi Andrew, every one here is right your are the best teacher, not just for AE but with the rest of your apps. I've learned twice as much in 20-30 mins with your tutorials than I did in my classes which are 3 months long. 3d Studio Max tutorials are great. If you can make more I would greatly appreciate it. Your graphics design knowledge is valuable to all digital artists. Motion Graphics Artists, Modelers, Level Designers, FX Artists etc..

P.S. All of your tutorials are excellent, it's funny hearing you go off topic too, keep it up.
by Prolitiker 08/02/2008
Hey, you´re great!

Love youre works!
by ringbearer 08/02/2008
Shit men!! you are the #%&!ing king!!!
the god of the after effectsand 3d design...!!!!

im trying the tutorial, for nw, no problem, for now... xD jaja

So man, greetings from Argentina!! keep goign!
by redfoxhound 07/30/2008
what about blender???? plsss



what about blender???? plsss
by walter diguer 07/26/2008
Como puedo obtener sus productos en argentina?
by caronte 07/23/2008
you are my hero.....thanks....
by Kondor7 07/21/2008
I have render all the night (100 images) and now I am bloked : at 23:27 you don't tell how open our images folders. I see you have one called "3d vines [00-90]" but I only have images calles "3dvines-1", "3dvines-2" ,and the same for Zdepth render picture okay ?
I try to put all images into a folder but I see you don't do that.

Someone one of us donate for your work , and I am really sad that you don't care about beginner who don't know how open the file LIKE YOU (I know "import>folder..." )

Sorry for my bad english.

Please Andrew Kramer or someone else reply me.

~Kondor7
by Kondor7 07/20/2008
Thank you so much for these very explicit tutorial (and hight quality video).
This tutorial based on 3 software make my day !
by 1st eye films 07/17/2008
it LikE NeVA BefoE It oweSAM MEN. KEEP IT High ol' tYme
by 1st eye films 07/17/2008
it LikE NeVA BefoE It oweSAM MEN. KEEP IT High ol' tYme
by Seo 07/12/2008
Well some like this way, Buy I think you should consider the another side of the toppic too. Thanks
by Raz 07/10/2008
Man Nice tutorial!

i to have tutorials,
check em out,
Youtube.com/youngtutorials

Subscribe and we will upload advanced and new and exciting ones aswell!

by Gian Carlo 07/07/2008
Tank You Andrew! Your Tutorials are very, very cool! Believe me, man, you are the best man of After Effects!

Greetings From Brazil,
Greetings From Porto Velho,
Greetings From Amazonia!
by Gian Carlo 07/07/2008
Tank You Andrew! Your Tutorials are very, very cool! Believe me, man, you are the best man of After Effects!

Greetings From Brazil,
Greetings From Porto Velho,
Greetings From Amazonia!
by Roshan 07/06/2008
Thanks for the best tutorial that u learned us and i hop u upload more like this thank u very much.
Roshan from Afghanistan kabul.
by Roshan 07/06/2008
Thanks for ther best tutorial that u learned us once angin thank u very much and i hop u upload more tutorial.
Roshan from Afghanistan.
by David 07/05/2008
Hi Andrew! Awesome Tutorial! I´m practicing AFX, this is a incredible software, you are my sensey! lol
can you share please the 3D Max proyect ??? I don´t know how it works.... please upload the proyect 3DS file please....
And thanks!
Cool Stuffs, great products, Videocopilot is my Favourite!!!
From Ecuador
David
by shelly sethi 07/03/2008
really good tutorial.i like it
by Abdul khalil 07/03/2008
yah really ....
the coloring wonderful
and it good idea
thanks
from Afghanistan
by dada 06/29/2008
you are a best man in the world!!!
by chicken_nugget 06/28/2008
can u take sam for instance and like make 3d vines come out of his arm or sth like that??it would be very cool and really intresting..maybe with a scenario like:sam gets abducted by aliens and they perform sergery on him and alter his dna(u can use the effect from the tutorial with the blood cells for this)and he tries to kill his friends with strange alien vine like tentacles and then he fully transforms into an alien (demon warp effect)
and then jedi that came from the future (using the video u put on the blog)and cut him into bits and so on(actually since u have the power to do all these cool stuff why dont u make a full one hour movie??)it might take some time but u could sell a hell lot o' copies!!
by shally 06/26/2008
Great job, its realy good
by Jorge 06/24/2008
Can you get 3D Max on MACs????
by moritz 06/23/2008
Hi, master. great tutorial, really! like your style!
But i tried it myself and the "path deform binding"
isn't doing what i want it to do. it's doing some "wild stuff", as you would say. it just moves one end of the vines along the path, while the other one stays stable. what the hell is going on with my 3dsmax????
by AKSHAY 06/22/2008
Very nice tutorial...
Keep on posting tutorials sir..
Long live ANDREW KRAMER & VIDEOCOPILOT..
by steven 06/21/2008
@sarah go to resurrection-studios.com and ask for wolve,he is a 3ds max and he allso knows a lot of people that use 3ds max and can point you in the right direction
by sarah landry 06/18/2008
I am an internal recruiter for a media company based in central London. We are looking for someone to join our production team who specialises in 3D Studio Max. Can anyone help?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Sarah
by playing 06/13/2008
hello from Greece i just love your tutorials.thank you....you are the best
by ahad 06/13/2008
tanck you
by IJAHman 06/09/2008
you're the one who convince me to use and study AE.
thanks alot for your tutorials. I really appreciate it, it helps a lot. JAH Bless you and your team.
greetings from philippines
by Dark Vasya 06/07/2008
This tutorial is cool of course but if you do not know basicly 3ds max you can't create somethink enother...
And you need to learn it.
3ds max can help you not only in AE... I'm created with help of it a cool game... but for this needs very powerefull computer !)))
by JACOQUS 06/07/2008
HI TIHS IS JACK

FROME UAE

THAT WAS A ONE OF THE BEST I SEE BEFOR WE NEED MORE AND MORE FROM THE EXPERT AND SANKS
by yanhui 06/06/2008
看了下,太牛了,谢谢ï¼
但是我更希望,å‘点å
by Sergey! 06/04/2008
Hi from russia !!!
Good tutorial!!
and i want to say that not every time and not every where i can find lesson where use's just standart tools !!!
And it's cool!)))
by Sergey! 06/04/2008

Hello from Russia !!! i'm too waching it!)))
by Sergey! 06/04/2008
Привет из роÑÑии!!! Я тоже Ð²Ð°Ñ ÑмотрÑ
by Dobby 06/03/2008
Hi guys!
Maltaannon has a tutorial. In this tutorial he makes this vines in AE
http://maltaannon.com/tutorials/AfterEffects/GrowingVines/
Both tutorials are great.
by Carlovsky 05/29/2008
YOU ARE A GENIUS ANDREW KRAMER !!

THANK YOU FOR SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE WHIT THE WORLD !!
by ronzky 05/29/2008
nice work i wish that you have a long life.thanks to sharing your knowledge.God bless!!!
by Dinesh 05/29/2008
ur tutorial is best I had ever learn.Thanks.Hope ican get more tutorials from ur side,good day.
by DIABLO 05/28/2008
hi i´m from Colombia i really need to tell you, your work is great, this is one of the best tutorial ever, i just learned after fx and you have been such a fantastic help.
thanks from Medellín Colombia.
pd: sorry for my english i´m not good in writing
by rekapidesign 05/27/2008
very nice tut i love your work and your tuts i have your basic training tuts in AFX and i watch it again and again thanx for your efforts
by Andre 05/25/2008
It's an amazing thing, It's easy for you but when i tryied, i had falt a lot, i can do, only if i keep trying, thaks to clean my mind, about 3D Max, I from Brazil Go-Goiânia
by vidboy 05/14/2008
EXQUISITE. Best combo - 3ds Max & After Effects. Couldn't be more superb. Max rocks. AE rocks. You rock.
by Michael 05/14/2008
Andrew. Way to make the coolest tutorial ever. Photoshop, 3Ds Max, and AE all in one. There is a LOT of knowledge packed in this one. Nice work. Also, thanks for using 3Ds Max. I love this program and hope you incorporate it into some more of your work. I would like to see a tutorial using the 3D effects like Zblur in AE.
by kicker 05/13/2008
All Great Tutorials!
PLease dont start charging for it.. i know that everybody wants to get payd for its own job..(of course)... but, This is the kind of free Amazing stuff that lacks on the internet!
Thanks a lot for everything!
..and i hope that your tutorials remain free!
thanx again
by the andromedian 05/12/2008
thnx a lot my bro ur the best .....
allez avance !!!!! tu es le meilleur !!!
by sam 05/12/2008
this is very very nice tutorial

india with u
by dotho 05/12/2008
thank a lot ! very nice
i usually watch this web. thank again!!!!
by Andres 05/11/2008
Increible !!!!!!!! Segui asi que nos haces un gran bien enseñandonos con tus tutoriales.
Saludos desde Argentina!!!!
by CHETE 05/09/2008
AMASING TUTORIAL...
I'VE TRIEN IN MAYA, AND IT WORKS JUST FINE.. I'M GLAD YOU'RE INCLUDING MAYA LINKS... I'M LEARNING INTEGRATION BETWEEN MAYA AND AE AND THIS TUTORIAL GIVES ME ANOTHER GOOD REASON TO STAY WITH MAYA...

THX ANDREW
by Andy 05/08/2008
Hey I tried to do that tutorial, except when I pre-rendered it after the "putting in the green light" step, all I see is black. Why is this happening, does anyone know? Please help, I really would like to try and complete this amazing effect.

Thanks
by Mariya 05/08/2008
awsome dude ..but there is prob ..i ma maya user..i dnt knw how to render Z render ..
by Tim 05/07/2008
Your da bomb! From Singapore
by Simon 05/07/2008
Look at this, the guy has done similar tutorial using just AE and Trapcode http://maltaannon.com/after-effects/growing-3d-vines/

Cheers
Simon
by namtab 05/06/2008
you my friend are a genius...start a school, and believe me you you will have tons of students - as i will be one of them...anyway thanks for your hard work and tuts...keep up!

namtab
by bk shin 05/03/2008
korean with you!
by jewls 05/03/2008
soooooo!!! cooooooll!! argentina loves you dude
by freddie 05/02/2008
awesome SIR!!
by Oscar 05/02/2008
Mexico with you!
by Breno Brazil 05/01/2008
Parabéns, continue assim!
by koorosh 05/01/2008
Thanks Andrew for help we.
by nav 05/01/2008
downloading, b4 watching tut I got to read comments, now love to watch this tutorial. no doubt it would be great source of knowledge.
thanks and keep posting dude!!
by koorosh 05/01/2008
Thanks Andrew for help we.
by H-TC 04/30/2008
Thanks for your tutorial.It's great.

H-TC from China.
by pig 04/28/2008
muito bom !
by rockwell 04/28/2008
hey guys!

i think you that maltaannon guy.
i dont like him because i think
he is a boastful one. i am andrews
follower thats why im mad at him.

keep posting extreme tutorials
by Brad Jones 04/26/2008
love the tutorial, easy to follow, its great to see an easy 3ds max tut. 10/10
by spencer 04/24/2008
fantastic really great the best 3dmax and After Effects tutorial ever,
Please will you make the videoco pilot tutorials available for download or DVD by post I will be happy to pay even for a few pounds a go. The best web site for post pro ever keep up the good work. let me Know the next time you are in London.
Peace
by pablo 04/24/2008
exelente muy buen tutorial felicitaciones andrew soy nuevo y con este ejemplo vepo que las pocibilidades son infinitas gracias y valla que tienes imaginacion
me gustaria ue los tutos se pudieranb descargar gracias
by Myst 04/24/2008
Hi Andrew very great tutorials !
I've got a problem : when i put a texture into a wall, it go not in the good face of the wall, it go in the outside face, how can i fix it ?
by Tom 04/24/2008
I could swear you're saying that this effect can't be pulled off in After effects alone.

I suggest you rethink that phrase. Using Particular, and a few expressions, this effect can be pulled off just as easily. It renders slower, sure, but it can be done.

You're losing your grip ;)
by saeed iqbal 04/23/2008
Dear Andrew,
I realy like your tutorials and ur work help me a loooooooooot I am very very much thankful to you
by Elvin B. 04/23/2008
this is INSANE. what a champ you are Kramer.
by Alejandro 04/22/2008
Oh Andrew,

I'm so amazed about that work, you're excellent doing animations and other stuff, I appreciate it a lot Andrew, thank you very much. this tutorial was the best I have seen!!! I mean it!!! Keep doing this! You are fabolous man

thank's a lot Andrew


by Kinderellazero 04/22/2008
Thank you so much Andrew, without you I wouldn't never learn anything in AE!

Greetings from Finland.
by DaN 04/19/2008
Andrew, I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Jesus 04/17/2008
Hey Andrew, great tutorial. thanx for the help. I just have to point something out that might got cut form the final movie.
When I got to the point of applying the Path Deform modifier, it wasn't working how it does on the tutorial. But I found out what happened. @ the beginning of it, when creating the splines you lowered the segments from 7 to 1(on the EXTRUDE modifier) so it could be easier on the machine. Therefore I wasn't getting the result like you were until I brought them back to 7. This is not mentioned on the tutorial, so I thought I should let you know....anyway thank you
by Johnny 04/16/2008
Im going to find andrew kramer his adress, then go to his home. Knock on his door, and aks him if he please will study me in after effects :D

Hehe :)

You got one of my best respects on the internet andrew, because your a pro in effects, 3d stuff. But also that you give these tutorials for others to learn!

Pure Class!

Greetings John
by FreddyMyers 04/15/2008
Outstanding. Great Looking. Awesome, BUT I need help!
When I install the omni light and switch on the use of "fat attentuation" 3DS renders a pitch black screen! Don't know the problem. PLEASE experts!!! Can anyone help me on this one...
Hail to Andrew Kramer! Hail to the king!!!
by Dave Starr 04/15/2008
I would like to know Andrew's opinion about Maltaannon technique. Anyway i did appreciate Kramer's tutorials because i like to integrate more apps in my workflow. I would like to see the tutorials about the exploding bridge ( yes.. another AE and 3D Max mixed tutorial...). Bye
by vjoo 04/14/2008
cool!~``永远支æŒä½ ~
I like 3dsmax & AE tutorial...^_^Y thx.

by Jet Black 04/13/2008
Thanks Andrew for sharing with the community. As always you're an inspiration. Just one thing I noticed in the Maya tutorial. Its just a suggestion but I think it would have been alot simpler/easier if Jesse had extruded from curves as he originally had and just added a twist deformer to create that dynamic, entangled effect.

London, UK
by lssp 04/12/2008
looked great but I cant follow it at all have Autodesk Maya 8.5 and lay out is allot different and im new to it but hope to try again
by Daniel B, 04/12/2008
Muy bueno este zorro... Gracias desde Costa Rica
by alien tann 04/12/2008
>-(
why i cant find that lens blur on my AE cs3?
is it a plugin?
thank you

btw this is a cool tutorial
by raybrackho 04/12/2008
WATCH OUT!

Maltaannon has done it with AFTER EFFECTS ONLY!
http://maltaannon.com/tutorials/AfterEffects/GrowingVines/

pretty nice technique...
by Daniel B, 04/12/2008
Muy bueno este zorro... Gracias desde Costa Rica
by niccolo 04/11/2008
i LOVE you Andrew!!!
thanks for ur tutorial!!!!


from HongKong!!
by niccolo 04/11/2008
i LOVE you Andrew!!!
thanks for ur tutorial!!!!


from HongKong!!
by kakuma 04/10/2008
dynamic 3d is rather strong than maya ,~~~~i love max ~~~~
by William A. Portillo 04/10/2008
Exceente trabajo hermanos!!!

Muy bueno para nosotros los que trabajamos en 3D
by UDIT 04/09/2008
DUDE.......... LOVE YO!!!!!!

HATS OFF TO U MAN ....GR8 TUTORIAL..
THANKS A MILLION
by goran 04/09/2008
hi Andrew
Form iraq in Kurdistan
great work
very gooooood tutorial
by fun zee 04/08/2008
hey man
GREAT TUT!!!

i tried this out
and because i have c4d i am having trouble attaching the object to the line>.<
do you think u can help me out w/ that?
by Daniel Lange 04/08/2008
Insane tutorial ^^

I was sceptic about you using only a plane, reflectionmap and bumpmap to create the water.
In my opinion you should have created the room, and then created a plane which the opacity was set to 95-96% or something..

Anyway, Loved it, but it could use some motion blur ;)


Thanks from Norway
by Mike Phelps 04/06/2008
Hey Andrew

Thank you for these great tutorials.. I'm new to 3d modeling, but not new to Video Production in general. Ijust came across your tuts, and have to say they hit my bookmarks almost instantly. But I have a question as it relates to chroma keying. My partner and I are thinking of a concept shot for our portfolio. He's the camera genius, I'm the editor and FX guy. Anway, do you think it is possible to use that sequence and animate the water? I was thinking about changing the ripple/reflection parameters in various keyframes to create the effect.. would that work? Then we could do a live action shot with just that plate in the background
by adrew lover 04/06/2008
very ver very nice ! i love it !
by Merovingian 04/05/2008
Your tutorials are very helpful! Thank you very much! Your tubs inspared me for this underground snakes.
http://ru.youtube.com/watch?v=u8r8U4ga-IA
They are made just after waching this tutorial. Thanks again . Greets from Ukrane!
by Merey 04/05/2008
WOW, you are the best teacher of AE. great work. From Kazakhstan
by JHD 04/04/2008
Great tute always! Thank you!
by Paco Garzon 04/04/2008
Woow incrible tutorial, this is amazing

Hi 5
by coolio 04/03/2008
Awesome from sudan
by Joao 04/03/2008
Excellent, so much to learn.
Tony, you could also explain how to do the material on the roof and the pretty sewer entrance on the wall?
That would be great, also how to make a pretty nice text on 3dsmax. ;)
Thx in advance
Greets from Portugal
by Antonis 04/03/2008
Thank u very much AEmaster!
by Dave 04/02/2008
It has been difficult for me to wrap my brain around how 3dsmax works, and from this tutorial I think I finally understand. I cannot thank you enough, this is by far the most eye-opening tutorial for me that you have ever done!

P.S. Congrats on the baby!
by Andreas Fleißner 04/02/2008
first of all i would say that this tutorial is awesome

but now my question:

is it possible to make this thing without any knowledge in 3ds studio max?

greetings
by Martin Gonzalo 04/01/2008
Thanks for this use full toturial, and the technique that`s used to it! Would it be possible to post some more 3D integration with 3D max and AE? It could help me with an project I`m working on at work.
grtz Martin
by Pascal 04/01/2008
Wow respest Andrew.
by mcagdasusta 04/01/2008
that's great!
by ademvideo 04/01/2008
You are just great and I,m so happy that i found you.
Thank you so mach
by walter 03/31/2008
Hola q tal,mi nombre es Walter de Argentina y me interesaria tener la linea de Evolution para realizar videos,de alguno q me pueda ayudar desde ya MUCHAS GRACIAS bye..
by Meso 03/31/2008
Very cool tut. I wonder if you could also make it with C4D. THanks
by Sam Houston Penny 03/31/2008
I love this tut, but I was wandering where I could purchase 3d Studio Max. I'm guessing it's expensive. But depending on what I'm capeable of doing with it, it may be a good investment! If it's cool, could you message me at my e-mail with a response if your not too busy?
Thanks for your tuts and time!
-SHP
by jOhNjA 03/31/2008
i say ... yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!
by jOhNjA 03/31/2008
i say ... yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!
by nieghel 03/31/2008
Best site, and best tutorial! I love your works Andrew! Greatings from Hungary!
by elia 03/31/2008


figata andrew, complimnti, tutorial da paura!!!
ho appena renderizzato il tutto, perfetto!
by Logan Kella 03/31/2008
This is a great tutorial, but I have never used 3dsmax before or any 3d program so if you do one go slowly please its easier on the mind :) Act like we are idiots it's hard to follow all this information.
by Michael 03/30/2008
amazing doude! i made myself an intro wit dis!
by Walterka 03/30/2008
I unfortunately know nothing in AE et 3DS but I thank you very much for all what you do and give freely!It's so rare!
by milchjieper 03/30/2008
Great Andrew, but my 3d skills are low
by DI3GO 03/29/2008
Awesome tutorial!!!
U R the ONE!!!
Greetings from Argentina.
by Ruben 03/29/2008
Hello Andrew!

You do great tuts. and i would be very pleased if you made a basic tutorial how to make this but with cinema 4d :)

Keep up with the good stuff (everything you do is good!)


by armand85 03/29/2008
my vines are way to big when i move them to the path do you know how i can fix this
by Rasool 03/29/2008
You are just great and I,m so happy that i found you.
Thank you so mach
by rashka 03/29/2008
hello anderw
always like your tutorials dude
i am beginer 3d know nothing about it
can u start for us people like me beginer lessons as u did the after effects
thnks
by noras 03/28/2008
thanks for u all to learn us that great program
by bahaa salem 03/28/2008
Thank you for this Tutorial and welcome to 3Ds Max
by meech 03/28/2008
you are a living school! no reason for one man to be
that dope!
by nrx2005 03/28/2008
waw this is as wonderfull as always

plz im new in after effects and did 2 vids could you plz watch and tell me what you think

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1188899/the_mobile_phone_secret_uses/

and

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1170183/misterious_fish_prank/
by bsone 03/28/2008
it's so amazing you are very good
from Korea~
by nrx2005 03/28/2008
waw this is as wonderfull as always

plz im new in after effects and did 2 vids could you plz watch and tell me what you think

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1188899/the_mobile_phone_secret_uses/

and

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1170183/misterious_fish_prank/
by dayoobrown (Nigeria) 03/28/2008
i love this wonderful tutorial, i will tell andrew to the world,keep the good work kramer. soundcity guyz love you
by JasiekWD 03/28/2008
Another greetings from Poland, Cracow. Thanks Andrew. Sorry, i won't vote for you as a president, but still i admire you;)
by HIStory 03/27/2008
Ups...i am sorry!
I see the Cinema 4D Tutorial in the blog...thanks!

greetings from Germany
HIStory
by FRANKLINMORILLO 03/27/2008
ESTE TUTORIAL ES MUY BUENO AUNQUE NO ENTIENDO COMO PUEDO DUSIONAL LAS IMAGENES POR FAVOR COMO SE HACE
by HIStory 03/27/2008
Hi Andrew,
very nice Tutorial, but it is possible to show us how to make it in Cinema 4D?
I don't have 3D Studio Max :(

So i am very happy to see this !

Many thanks for your awesome works!!!

Greetings from Germany
HIStory
by Michael Maisuradze 03/27/2008
Andrew! Exellent tutorial!!! I tried to make depth of field with other plug-ins and software, but today i know how easy to make it with After Effects!
Thanks a lot!!!
by TIm Chicual 03/27/2008
The Man Has done it again! Thanx for yet another Helpful Tutorial, I've Watched Amost Everone like 5 time each to get all of it :P Thanx for supporting Newbies Like me lol. By the Way, what style of music is that on the promo? I've been searching for months for thaat stuff...
keep up the good work!!!
\m/
by Juan Miralles 03/26/2008
Thanks for all the tutorials. I have learned much with them. Thank you for the excellent job you are doing. A greeting from Spain.
by Khalat 03/26/2008
hello Andrew ...
Very usefull tutorial , thanks , i'll gone to work on some different project using 3dsmax and ae , then i'll like to show it to you .

by Bovilei 03/26/2008
Hello Andrew,
Your tutorial it was very helpful.

Bovilei from Jakarta, Indonesia
by mathewkcrisp 03/25/2008


Thanks for another great tutorial. I have 3ds Max working on my VMware Fusion so now i can do these tutorials on my Mac. Cheers anyway, i've been wanting to play about with Z-depth RPF's for a while now.
by Jeremy.You 03/25/2008
Amazing. andrew, I love you tutorial...
Everyday Thanks a lot :)
by G 03/25/2008
great work , you should post a tut for that TEXT effect
by LeoGuedes 3D 03/25/2008
My friend Andrew this release Stay Very Good!
I loved all times that work together 3D and After
With Cinema4D or maya to compositing or moution grafics..
I loved this tutorial and Environment that you PUT in your Videos.. with your Fun and young Voice to theach everybody.. THANKS and Congrass!!!
by Mark 03/25/2008
Andrew u are a god in the eyes of men, i will find questions for you soon for a project i'm working on...
by DaweEmsi 03/25/2008
zdar.dobrý...ÄeÄe ty umíš dÄ›lat i v 3d maxu jo???..asi umíš vÅ¡echno
by maxdiamond 03/25/2008
Hello everyone, I had created a similar thing in Cinema 4D last year as a cinematic for the final animation for a motion graphics promo.
I had used the helix curve with some parameters, sweep NURBS, bend deformer, cloner object and all that jazz. Finally you end up with a sort of complex structure with just one helix and a circle.
You can download the Cinema 4D source file from the following link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?1mztsyt42nn

Hope that helps.
by teyega 03/25/2008
in Maya you can animate an extrude from a cv or ep curve and a nurbs circle, make sure you choose the option 'partial' and than keyframe the min and max value of the subcurve...use deformers to twist and turn the pipes

thx andrew for the twitch, dope' shizzle the plugin!
by Jessica 03/25/2008
Is there a tip for the camera view? I am trying to do this with Cinema 4d. I add a regular camera but how do i render it so that i can see the camera moving in the tunnel i am very new to this. Everytime I render i just see the outside of the tunnel im working on and i see the camera moving back and fourth but it wont let me render a preview of the actual inside footage any tips?
by Hang 03/25/2008
to easy for me
by mostafa 03/25/2008
amazing
thanks alot
but i realy want a tutorial about
Create animated growing effects with clipart
and thanks again
by Andyface 03/25/2008
For those wondering which PNG to use, the answer is all of them.

PNGs are a single still image (kinda like a JPG, but with alpha information), so for an animation it requires a number of PNGs to work. For PAL )25 frames a second) a 4 second animation would produce 100 PNGs when rendered (25 x 4) so in order to make this an animation you need to import them as a sequence. When importing the files, select all the PNGs rendered for the animation and choose "PNG Sequence" from the bottom of the import box, this will then create a PNG Seqence at the framerate of your AE project. You may have noticed how the 2 sequences in Andrew's video where called 3D Vines[0000-0090] ie. PNG images 0000 to 0090, so 3 seconds of video (@30fps).

Hope that helps.
by Dwi 03/24/2008
hello andrew, this tutorial very impressive, if may know computer what you wear, can you send the spesification. because i want to buy new computer. please

thanks,.....

Dwi from Bali
by Dan Debrey 03/24/2008
This was great. Both fun to watch and create. You can only get better!
by NBAfan231 03/24/2008
a great tut but i have a problem: when i render i have all these png images, but wich one should u use in after effects?
by stepan 03/24/2008
Great tutorial Andrew.. I never get tired of watching your tuts. I do have a question though. This is my first time using 3ds max and got to the part that i had to render it out , But instead of just one png image , it rendered 100 of them. is this supposed to happen? as in the after effects part of it there were only 2 images.
by Diablozilver 03/24/2008
super great.....

From Norway
by Tedy888 03/24/2008
Really the best
by Jonathan 03/24/2008
Great Tutorial! I love to see you showing us more 3d app intergration with after effects.
by Masoud Faqirzada 03/24/2008
Just i want to say that you are the best.
Dear Andrew Kramer, Can you please add some cool 3ds Max Tutorials as nice as this one.
it will be great if you do that, because i am interested to learn some thing about 3ds Max.
thanks

Masoud Faqirzada from Afghanistan
by whin 03/24/2008
Super orag noy..d best!

From CAM SUR, Philippines
by dldar 03/23/2008

WOW....WOW....WOW
...GREAT....
From KURDISTAN
by child 03/23/2008
thank you for your teaching!
by vincenzo 03/23/2008
I am been learning so much from your tutorials,
this is one motivate me even more to dedicate time to 3d applications, sound sary for me, but after this tutorial you make it sound posible. thanks a lot from amsterdam!!! and if you ever here let me know :) take out for a joint heheheh..
by Ellius 03/23/2008
wow!
Andrew, you've out-done yourself on this one!
i cant wait to try it!

and please do more like this, i've been trying to find good 3ds max tutorials, and yours are the best!
by Another 03/23/2008
Great site & n1 Tutorial, Andrew!

Wish me more tuts with 3dsMax(!) + After Effects for the future.
by HÃ¥vard 03/23/2008
nice i have seen all you toturials this one is great
by luma 03/22/2008
Very NICE!
goood!! thanks
by zinco 03/22/2008
Amazing tut,thx a lot.Andrew.
by Mike 03/22/2008
This is outstanding tutorials!
by Leviticus Films 03/22/2008
This is by far the best tut. yet. Thanks man, I finally get 3-d studio!!!
by Charles 03/22/2008
T.U for all I learn here, for you. Thanks very much

Is very great that effect but, i want you do other plugg in, for example, do make thing in 3d, a book, or other thing... I learn very much in your page and I t.u for all. You made me very doushu in this case, in my work... but I know, you are the best... And my english is very bad...

That is my mail... Greatins!
by Ahmad 03/22/2008
WoW
by REAoo 03/22/2008
hi andor im love working u
very nice excellent
by REAoo 03/22/2008
hi andor im love in working u
very nice excellent
by Stefan 03/22/2008
It si amazing.Greating from Bulgaria.
I am working on the furst Bulgarian site on Adobe After Effects maybe you can visit it when i am ready.It will be ready in 1-2 months.

P.S. you are my menthor Andrew
by Holic 03/21/2008
This tutorial is great!

I have easily achieved most of this in Cinema 4d, but as soon as I hit the vines, things go downhill.

I just need some help with the creation and effects of the vines in c4d, because everything else is pretty basic.
If anybody could help that'd be great.
by slize 03/21/2008
Amazing. good job Andrew
by espiculo 03/21/2008
nossa muito bom brasil na area :p
by RONAN LE GALL 03/21/2008
vraiment exellent super le mix avec 3 D studio Max et Ae
merci
by trac3 03/21/2008
awesome tutorial. Thx Andrew, you're tutorials really-really help me ^______^

We'll be waiting for your next great tutorials
GBU
by Sneeker 03/21/2008
OMG! Das Sick. It would be nice if you could be able to put the z track video ad the avtual video for download.
by Benchboy 03/21/2008
Absolutely superb, well paced, well edited - a masterclass in video tutorial creation - and a kick ass scene. Thank you Thank you Thank you.
by moneer harb 03/21/2008
good job!
by I from Italy 03/21/2008
Thank you for this other jewel!!
by shiva 03/21/2008
good
by Guano Guru 03/21/2008
Wow Andrew, that was an awesome tutorial!!
This site has had the most helpful, interesting and creative tutorials of After Effects that I have ever seen... I can't wait for more!

Greetings from Austria...
by Hüsnü 03/21/2008
muhteşem bi paylaşım andrew sana sonsuz tşk ederim çünkü gerçekten çok iyisin bu görsellik konusunda bence sen 1 numarasın :D (In English) Andrew you are the best for me and you know everything about these programs. I can't see a man who better than you. You are the best Andrew. We love you... From Turkey...
by Acerious 03/20/2008
Oh My Goodness....!!!

This has been one of the best tutorials from you EVER MAN!! Maybe the best YET, who knows. But I know this, i learned a lot today not just After Effects but also this 3ds Max Proggie i had for years and didn't know even how to use.


Thanks Man. I'll look forward to buying one of ur products since i live in NY now. !!!
by jjang 03/20/2008
good job!
by eladbari 03/20/2008
AMAZING TUTORIAL!!!!!!!!!!

THank u for intergrating 3Ds MAX!!! Keep it up!!

BUT
One question!!
Why would u make the Depth Of Field in AE?
Cant u just do it already in 3Ds Max??

Or ..maybe u prefer not,cause of the render time?
Or maybe it comes out nicer on AE?

thanx
by Vilnis 03/20/2008
Big thank from Latvia
by Blas 03/20/2008
This tutorial is amazing!!!
by Nicole Granda 03/20/2008
AWESOME tutorial!!!!
I'm just starting out in 3ds max and you make things so easy to understand!! I didn't know so many things could be done so simply!!
Kudos!!
by jake 03/20/2008
ok andrew just let me say big fan been with u since ur 12th tutorial (im 13 by the way)
but u said it cant be done in just Æ well what you could do in do a custom particular effect and animate the custom layer to have a bunch of circles jump around and basically have it to the ipod "light streaks thing" only there dark twisty light/vines
by Marco Domingues 03/20/2008
Hi nice tutorial.

Next to a pc, i want Andrew Kramer for my birthday :P

You rock AE world hehe

Take care.
by Daweb 03/20/2008
AMAZING ...
by John 03/20/2008
My website bleeds you. The reason I buy all the products I can from you. Da Man!
by Drizzol 03/20/2008
sick.:)
Dru
you are the man...great tutorial
by Jrone 03/20/2008
NICEEEEEE.


PORTUGAL

fogo ta mesmo fixe esse tutorial... 5 estrelas
by Gustavo 03/20/2008
Well, Outstanding. Hi from Panama
by Victor 03/20/2008
Really great tutorial :P I tried it out and this is what i came up with :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlePmBxv-J0

by Dubinglong 03/20/2008
漂亮
by Kees 03/20/2008
Hey Andrew, thanks for the tutorial, im very impressed with the result and tryed to experiment.

You can also animate the spline path by autokeying the vertexes in the path that the shapes extrudes on, that can give a great effect.

Thanks for the tutorial!
by peter 03/20/2008
Thanks andrew!!! I've been learning from your site since I didin't even know how to draw a ball in after effects xD Thanks, you're the man!!!!!!
by Terman 03/20/2008
Very NICE!

Keep it up!

greetings all the way from Sweden!
by Kamran 03/20/2008
You are legend man amazing stuff dude keep it up
by Pythonmediaworks.com 03/20/2008
Hi dear. thanks a lot fore sharing there great resources..
really helpful and amazing work done..

Many many thanks.

http://www.pythonmediaworks.com
by Pablo 03/20/2008
Excelente tutorial, obrigado!!!
by Maina 03/20/2008
All I can say is Andrew, you are a great inpiration. Excellent tuts, great products. I use 3D max & Af so definately I feel I have a new neighbour. We I win an Oscar, I will surely thank you second (after Almoghty GOD)

greetings from Kenya.
by Jaffah 03/19/2008
It a very nice
Andrew your are my teacher
by Kingku 03/19/2008
Wow Kramer! Great tut...

This is by far my favorite tutorial. I loved the 3ds Max integration with After Effects...

It really gave me quite a few ideas. =D
by Alan Gonzales 03/19/2008
Hola Exelente tutorial, me encantaron las lineas en 3D - muy lindo ! - mis saludos y gracias por subir el tutorial ! - Alan From Argentina - Mendoza
by vj akira 03/19/2008
your are the best


a good day from portugal
by vj akira 03/19/2008
your are the best


a good day from portugal
by qjhhsy 03/19/2008
太牛了
by gunit 03/19/2008
yer the shiznit a. kramer
by Ben 03/19/2008
I hate to be a downer, but since I dont own 3D Stud, much of this was over my head.

I guess I'd like to master AE before diving into something that big...

Still a good tutorial though.
by Ray 03/19/2008
AMAZING tutorial-

This is my favorite site on the web-

More 3dsmax and AE integrated tutorials would excellent.

Have bought nearly every product you guys have.

by Andrei 03/19/2008
I like effects like this,, and evolution,, thanks for tutor
by nitin 03/19/2008
its again great but i use maya//plz do some tut for maya as well..
by christopher Gruber 03/19/2008
If anyone wants to know how to do this in Cinema 4d shoot me an email and I'll tell you how to animate the vines using sweep nurbs and splines.
by vic 03/19/2008
andrew, your my hero...
by Cinema 4d 03/19/2008
I HAVE A MACBOOK. They dont support 3ds max which SUCKS. I have Cinema 4d but I dont know what to do. Is there a way around this?
by HenK 03/19/2008
That's just awesome how you can make things look that realistic in 3Dsmax... I like 3Dsmax tutorials!!!

but I'm really looking forward to the 'stabalizing footage'-tutorial too!
by Vaguener 03/19/2008
Should be nice something like "how to put a 3d element into a scene" tutorial

and thanks for all amazing tutorials and tips

by Roberto 03/19/2008
Andrew...thanks!!!u are great!!CIAO FROM SICILY
by ron 03/19/2008
great tut andrew!
Can you make more tuts on 3dsmax please...I don't mean abondonng AE...I mean more tuts on 3dsmax going to AE.know what I mean..
greetings from the Philippines! Is there any chance that you and your gang come over here in the Phlippines for a kind'a AE training? That would be a great event!...if you want.
by gökhan ünlü 03/19/2008
saint Andrew..god bless you son..
by Antonio Carlos 03/19/2008
Valeu Senhor Andrew!

Nice Job!

TKS!

Greetings from BRAZIL
by Sean N 03/19/2008
Now, my only quesetion is how to render vines like that into an actual video? Perhaps coming out of some ones hands or something of the nature. Can you render it out with a chroma key?
by Leon 03/19/2008
awesome!!!
by Rudra 03/19/2008
Does anyone know how to get the Z-DEPTH information in MAYA.

Please...anyone, I'd really appreciate the help.

Thanks
by john bon 03/19/2008
Shit I have to buy a PC
Very nice. I'm going to try this in Cinema 4D. If I can get close I will provide a link.
by Rudra 03/19/2008
Does anyone know how to get the Z-DEPTH information in MAYA.

Please...anyone, I'd really appreciate the help.

Thanks
by moftakasy 03/19/2008
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by badoey 03/19/2008
in andrew we trust
by Igor 03/19/2008
Thank you for an excellent tutorial!
by naveed ahmad 03/19/2008
COOL i following since your first tut..n u r awseome..i hve learned alot from you :) keep up the gud work...
by Gregory Del Savio 03/19/2008
Hey Andrew,

Great as per usual....Another way to make an image tileable is to use the "Offset" tool, then to clone out the revealed edge. If you ever feel like trying something just a bit different...

Cheers!
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by thefastdesign 03/19/2008
Andrew all your works are very nice...I love your vision of Design...You are the best AFX-Teacher...
by mahato 03/18/2008
it is a unbliable shoot that out of imagination nice
by adarsh 03/18/2008
Hey Andrew,
super tutorial super excellent awesome & sweet

One & Only Andrew can do this type of tutorial

fine,
thank u
by Kael 03/18/2008
Andrew, you rock! I can't even describe how delighted I was to find that you went ahead and explained this effect for all of us. Thank you so much for you wisdom and time.

May your cup overflow with fruit snacks~
by icenow 03/18/2008
so cool
by BcArt 03/18/2008
is there will be changes tut for maya???
by alex 03/18/2008
that was the best 3ds max tutorial ive ever seen. and ive seen a lot. you are a god
by Akhil 03/18/2008
Hey Andrew,

This is tutorial awesome.

And you are multi-talented in animation programs.

thanks for updating


by Akhil 03/18/2008
Hey Andrew,

It's me again.
Like you said, this one was the best.
It was better then the real movie effects.
thanks for posting this tutorial, it was helpful a lot.
And good job

Thanks
by Vaguener 03/18/2008
hohohoho hahaha hohohoh... holy kramer... this tutorial is unreal, man... u rocks

greets from brazil
by Dunline 03/18/2008
man!!
that's pretty cool
hello from cuba
by Gavin 03/18/2008
wow that was sick. it so sweet that you used 3dsmax i wish you did some more tutorials on that.
by Kevin 03/18/2008
I have Maya 8.0 but damn its way more complicated...itll take me ages to get this thing done T_T
by layth 03/18/2008
thx Andrew
go ahead
PLZ more tutorials for 3d max , PLZ
you are the best
by Magid 03/18/2008
Is it possible to use Cinema 4d instead of 3ds max? I have a Macbook :( so i cant use 3ds max :(
by nikko 03/18/2008
Thank youuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love those tutorials more than my wife
Thank you again!!!!
by layth 03/18/2008
thx Andrew
go ahead
PLZ more tutorials for 3d max , PLZ
you are the best
by aftery 03/18/2008
no comment
by Armani 03/18/2008
great :D .. perfect combination .. 3ds max and adobe after effects :)
romania says hello !!
by Switch to 3ds Max 03/18/2008
Cinema 4D users need to switch to 3ds Max!

You shouldn't be asking Andrew to do tutorials in your 3D app just because you don't understand it well enough to make this tutorial work for you.

Figure it out in your own app or SWITCH TO MAX!!!
by alejo 03/18/2008
you are the best!!
by Kreepman 03/18/2008
Hey, great tutorial Andrew.
I was wondering how you got the text in their that said "Twitch".
Cuz I want to make a little intro for a podcast and I obviously want their to be the title for the podcast in there.

So If anyone could help me out, that would be greatly appreciated!

Kreepman.
by Talal 03/18/2008
**********THE GREATEST TUTORIAL EVER!!!!**********

Because u used 3Ds max, We have great thirst to learn advance about 3ds max,

Thanks!
Keep it up!!!!
by JimP1102 03/18/2008
Excellent presentation and brilliantly done!
But needed more girls in bikini's.
And maybe some midget wrestling.
by Andrew Lee 03/18/2008
Alex asked

Great Tutorial! Looks totally awesome! I have one question: how did you get all the png files in one big sequence? I got like 100 loose png files, so how can you put them together?

When you set the format for the render in Max, you choose PNG and since it's an animation it generates all the PNG files with sequential numbers.

When importing into AE, you just pick one of those files and select PNG sequence in the dialog and AE does the rest for you.

Hope that explains things for you.

by James 03/18/2008
The best tut yet. Absolutly phenomenal. I learnt so much. Heres my 3D vines. I've changed alot like; The textures and lighting, I've added a side walk and a ladder aswell as animated the water texture. let me know what you think
by James 03/18/2008
The best tut yet. Absolutly phenomenal. I learnt so much. Heres my 3D vines. I've changed alot like; The textures and lighting, I've added a side walk and a ladder aswell as animated the water texture. let me know what you think
by LOMOX 03/18/2008
U r the best, from Lima-Perú. Great U use 3dS Max, finiling men.
by iuly 03/18/2008
hy, great stuff, it 'll be nice to make tutorilas in 3d max as well:)
by Vinicius 03/18/2008
MAN! THANK YOU! It was the most amazing tutorial ever! Mixing 3d Studio and After Effects was so good!
by KizielVideos 03/18/2008
haha i wait for some training dvd with 3dsmax and ae :)) Greetz from Poland again
by René 03/18/2008
je trouve ce tutorial vraiment formidable je crois que ca me donne le gout de me mettre au travail avec 3dmax
by B2 03/18/2008
VALEU MEU!!!!
by Pepe R. 03/18/2008
Gracias por tu saber que hacer.
by ahmed 03/18/2008
thank you so much for this fantastic tutorial

i`m realy learn many things from this tutorial

thank you andrew so much

from EGYPT
by AleXXX 03/18/2008
Круто!!!
by Hamad 03/18/2008
Wow! That's a ton of tips. How amazing are you and your tips.

Believe it or not, I today discovered the z thing before I see your tutorial. AND I was looking for this growing vines effect through path in the last week!!

Anyway, I think your way is the best. Thanks a lot.

by Ivan bagio007 Mijic 03/18/2008
Amazing, i allways thaught that is a lot more complicated...very nice
by Hi! 03/18/2008
OMG! That looks amazing! Thank you Andrew Kramer and the Video Copilot team for these great tutorials!
by Dramirez 03/18/2008
We need more 3D tutorial!!!! In cinema 4D.

Excellent tutorial!!!!

Greeting from Costa Rica!!!1
by Erik 03/18/2008
Very nice tutorial.

Two minor remarks, maybe next time burn the texture before making it tile-able?
and scale the texture on the back wall to fit the side walls. (it looked a bit off imho);

Anyway no disrespect intended, your work makes AE easy for even the most novice user and i have alot of respect for that.

Btw Mr.Kramer lately i have had a hard time deciding whether you or the google translated comments you get are more humorous. ;)
by abdullah 03/18/2008
very good but projects add :)
by Paul K 03/18/2008
This is easily the best resource for After Effects,on the net and now with 3d Max tutorials also. Well done Andrew on another super indepth professional turorial!
by Paul K 03/18/2008
This is easily the best resource for After Effects,on the net and now with 3d Max tutorials also. Well done Andrew on another super indepth professional turorial!
by DanniK 03/18/2008
Peace and Love all the way from Munich!!
Savage TUT!!! THX Andi!!!
by Leo 03/18/2008
Hello Andrew, I am a big fan of your work, I really appreciate the effort of making free tutorials. Thanks!

I loved how you used and explained how to use those different programs.

Big UP from Portugal!
You're all over the world
by MeRo0o Motion Graphic Designer 03/18/2008
hey what's up mero0o indyana with you andro hahahahha really your sites it's very cool
i wanna call you plz call me at 0020105541437
it's my phone plz call me androw couse i wanna told you some thing
by Cyrus 03/18/2008
Great tutorial, specially the vines. I never used this method for depth of field. I ususally use RPF format in 3ds and then use 3d Chennels in AE or Combustion to add depth of field, fog or use the camera information from rpf file. I know you talked about RPF format before in the blog. I wonder which method works better!
Thanks
by RussianGuru.net 03/18/2008
Very cool tutorial Andrew, definitely beats modeling those splines separately and then applying slice tool

Have you tried V-ray? beats the time spent rendering raytrace in default scanline + you end up with a neat global illumination :)
by Carlos 03/18/2008
Hola Andrew. Desde Argentina te agradezco. Tus tutoriales son realmete fantásticos. Es poco común ver gente que de manera gratuita transmite tanto conocimiento. GRACIAS.
by Tom 03/18/2008
I think its really good that you are incorporating 3d animation software into your tutorials! You should DEFINITELY do more like these. Great stuff!
by mark pabunan 03/18/2008
great tutorial. you are very versatile.
by Dave 03/18/2008
just one thing to say :
excellent !
... as usual dude.
big thx
by Joe "tuxedo kat" 03/18/2008
I don't know how many of these you actually read but a little tip Andrew for making seamless textures, use the filter Other then offset, then you can offset your texture in any direction but in this case in the X direction then clone stamp over the seam and it will tile perfect. Don't know if you know that but now you do, and knowing is half the battle.
by Kris 03/18/2008
Hey Andrew!
Thanks for the sweet tutorial. These vines are something I've been dying to play with for ages! Can you possibly make a quick tutorial on how you can achieve the same effect using C4D? I've tried adapting your tutorial, but without luck!?! That would be fantastico!
Thanks
Kris
by f1a5h84ck 03/18/2008
Andrew, you've said that "there is no way to do that in AE", but using Trapcode 3dStroke and ReVision ShadeShape you can achieve a similar effects... :)
by Doogle 03/18/2008
Hi, thanks for yet another amazing tutorial. I'm using Cinema 4D and got it working almost perfectly! I think I'll start uploading all the little clips I've made to my website soon

The only thing I had trouble with was the Z-depth bit, but I found that I can get that working by enabling the depth of field on my camera and then get a seperate file rendered with only z-depth data using the multipass rendering
by miss-java 03/18/2008
it's really good...i like it...keep going on..
by Oleg (Ukraine) 03/18/2008
Personally from itself with many thanks for that do not feel sorry time for like belongings. As always excellent material. I always stake out novelty. So keep. The Good lad!
by Aftab 03/18/2008
WOW great tutorial!!!

Greeting from INDIA.

Thanks
Aftab
by Stanko 03/18/2008
Great tutorial, was really hlepful
by AndrewL 03/18/2008
Thanks from Russia =) Great work! Thank you for all your tutorials.
by edgardo 03/18/2008
que as estudiado para saber todo eso de los dos programas 3dsmax y after effcts, Que nesecito estudiar para aprender lo que tu ya sabes? quiero estudiar lo que sabes.
by Rafael Navarro 03/18/2008
what can I said that it hadn´t been said.....awesome!

greetings from Spain
by Tom 03/18/2008




"MeRo0o Motion Graphic Designer Says:
03/17/2008 - 05:12
يا جماعه اندرو كريمير دا مش سهل دا واد جامد بجد
"شغله جميل جدا وانا بحييه على شغله

This means- Your Work is beatiful, and I am but a microbe amoungst you, I am in earnist.


by Leeon 03/17/2008
Extremely awesome!! To The Max!!!!! Can't wait for the next tutorial! ^^
by Dan hodgetts 03/17/2008
awesome work andrew keep it up :)
from new zealand
by miguel gaitán cabellos 03/17/2008
Felicitaciones amigo, definitivamente el manejo de los programas es muy bueno y en realidad los explotas al máximo, suerte y seguir trabajando duro, saludos desde Cajamarca - Perú.
Sería fabuloso ver trabajos con el resto de plugins del after CS3.
by CeRo ( Chile ) 03/17/2008
Increible! muy muy bueno! Gracias por los tutoriales! y las nuevas ideas de solucionar problemas. EXCELENTE!

Cya!
by c c 03/17/2008
impressive, wonder if you can also do one on motion tracking with a 3d object
by 4n1L 03/17/2008
oh! andrew. u r great. I have word for ur work
thanx for it man
by 4n1L 03/17/2008
oh! andrew. u r great. I have word for ur work
thanx for it man
by santhosh 03/17/2008
hi andrew this tutorial is really great
happy holi from india
by Prem 03/17/2008
Fantastic Fantastic Fantastic !!! Really enjoyed the tutorials
by Youtube-Cigotie 03/17/2008
You are cooler than Chuck Norris. Thats a complement in my book. I'll wait for this to render out so ah, I'll see you in a week. I never knew that you can make 3D funny. Your awesome.
by Jeff 03/17/2008
I wish I understood 1 second of the 3D max stuff. I'm going to rewatch it again and try to pick up on some things. I really need to start learning the 3D stuff. Keep them coming, I love seeing how it's done.
by Lee 03/17/2008
Thanks to your free tutorials I have now purchased one of your DVD tutorials sets. The free ones really showed me the awesome quality I would be getting with the paid ones and totaly sold me on the decision to buy.

Thank you so much for integrating 3ds Max, After Effects, and Photoshop all in one tutorial. I use these apps on a regular basis and seeing how professionals integrate them into each other makes the learning process that much more beneficial. I hope you do more 3ds Max/AE integration. Most VFX works uses multiple apps to achieve a good result not just one app.

Keep the VFX tutorials coming man, awesome job! If you release some AE/3ds Max VFX intgrated tutorials for purchase I'd definitely pick that up!
by Craig T 03/17/2008
Easily the best tutorial to date! very informative! Thanks.
by Alex 03/17/2008
i love it too much.
by Saad 03/17/2008
no way, u r the best.
by Aaron Marine 03/17/2008
another good way to tile textures in photoshop is to take the same image and use Filter>Other>Offset...

if you do this with wrapping edges, you can then do some cloning on the unmatched edges and it all works perfect.
by Emil 03/17/2008
Andrew, You did it again.. Like your tutorials.
Hope you some day will post tutorials with Matrix effects - The Bullet trail, sniper zoom ect.
Because you are good to the Action tutorials.
Could be nice with some more ..
Greetings from Denmark ! ;)
by CheChinio 03/17/2008
OMG I love the intro of this tutorial

Great!!



Seriously You Made me laugh a lot

OMG I Just love it
by Toffei 03/17/2008
oeh damn sexy
by Juan Tomas Perez 03/17/2008
THIS IS SO FREAKING COOOOOL!>-(
by Paul Del Vecchio 03/17/2008
Awesome tutorial. I like the way the water looks. Really good stuff!

Hopefully I can applly this to a future project!

http://tripleeproductions.wordpress.com/
by animaster 03/17/2008
ergh...... it's too good for me..Adrew, you are great !!!
by Saxon 03/17/2008
your great man :) i know this might sound odd but i was wondering if there is anywhere to donate money to you and the people at VC? just to give a little back for all these great tutorials ... i know i could simply just buy something, but i have everything lol and then i would be getting something else for the money i gave rather than just donating.... just a thought.
by Abdu 03/17/2008
NIZEEEE
by Oliver 03/17/2008
WOW REALLY BEST TUTORIAL EVER
by tyguy 03/17/2008
That's your best tutorial ever! I wish i had 3d max. It's amazing how many comments you have after the first day!!!
by Artillusion 03/17/2008
Thx a lot, very cool tutorial again.
If a can request a tutorial, i would like to see one with an invisible person or human torch!!

Thx Again you are great keep it up
by Bhakta Chand 03/17/2008
Have been waiting for another tutorial for a while. You did it again, Andrew!!!

Great job and thanks for sharing your knowledge to us.

Love from Nepal
Bhakta Chand
by John Paite 03/17/2008
Very true - One of the best tutorial ever!! I didn't know about the modifier or the default lighting with Ctrl+L ..always had trouble plus damn the water material( im so bad when it comes to materials )..so easy!! TY....
by sandra 03/17/2008
great tutorial as usual :)

Can u explane how RPF rendering works and how it works with AE .. coz the RPF camera dosen't seem to be workin' okay with me in AE !

anybody ?! help !!
by Dai 03/17/2008
coooool!!!!
Please next time cinema4D
by ameritza 03/17/2008
Wow..I was wondering how do they do this...Thx man
by bigapple90 03/17/2008
cool. make more 3ds max tuts :)
by Vinnie 03/17/2008
It's always a pleasure and a treat watching your tutorials. Thanks for all the hard work you put into making them, Cheers!

I guess since we are fans of your work we can be called "Krammies"
by Pablo Escobar 03/17/2008
hey, man! this tutorial goes far away than the others. Just great.
by Mike 03/17/2008
Gret tutorial as always. What 3d Studio max cost? I was looking around and noticed 3,400.00 something. Any cheaper?
by zdpm 03/17/2008
helo mr. andrew
most people use Cinema 4D
plz do u can make thiz tutorial on Cinema 4d.
by Scott 03/17/2008
Absolutley Fantastic. Your tutorials have really inspired myself and many of my friends (who have all bought your products) to be more creative when using After Effects for our college projects.
Thankyou so much.

I shake the finger of disproval at thoses who are requesting Andrew to change his 3ds/AE tutorials to keep those with cinema 4d happy - Give the guy a break people! If Andrew is using 3DS then it is for a good reason - like the fact that it's industry standard in most countries.
by César 03/17/2008
WOW!!! ANDREW! TANKX!! YOU ARE THE MAN!!
Don't ever stop to teach as all this amazing tutorials from VENEZUELA
by tgc 03/17/2008
Great tutorials Andrew, thank you!

Tgc from Norway
by jorgekas 03/17/2008
Great, great, great!!!!!!! you are the BEST.
by Kyle 03/17/2008
if you keyframe the "angle" for the "noise" map it looks like the water is moving insted of just standing still!
by Epidemic Productions 03/17/2008
Lord Andrew, great tutorial! I'm learning a lot watching your tutorials. Can you please do more 3D scenes incorporated with Cinema 4D? Thanks again!

Charles "Ceo" Kelly
Epidemic Productions, LLC
by Alex 03/17/2008
Great Tutorial! Looks totally awesome! I have one question: how did you get all the png files in one big sequence? I got like 100 loose png files, so how can you put them together?
by Cyclops 03/17/2008
It's perfect!

Thanks Andrew, for brazil!
by Andrew Lee 03/17/2008
I've been using Max, for basic modelling, since version 1 and to be honest, I learned some stuff from this tutorial, so thanks for that. These tutorials get more impressive every time a new one comes out and it would be a sad day indeed if you ever stopped, so keep them coming. When I purchased Twitch a few days ago, I wondered how the vines were done and now I know. Now I'm going to try to produce a far more complex version, just because I have all the time in the world (no deadlines).

Long may Andrew Kramer and VideoCopilot.net reign.

For Warti and other interested
http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/19/858754


Oh and peter
"And yes you should be able to use the RPF and RLA formats, though I have never actually tried that myself."

I don't think RLA or RPF sequences will load into AE like PNG files do or for that matter even be recognised by AE. Then you can always convert them to PNG later.
by Qwan 03/17/2008
KING!!!
by Rob 03/17/2008
Cool tutorial as per usual Andrew!!! Happy St. Patrick's Day from Ireland!
by Jorge 03/17/2008
Hey !!!
great tutorial =D
~~~~~~~
is that an autodesk software ??? (like autocad or inventor ???)
by Sweet! 03/17/2008
AMAZING!!
by viktor 03/17/2008
ahuet !!!!!!!!!! coool!!!!!!
by Rob 03/17/2008
Cool tutorial as per usual Andrew!!! Happy St. Patrick's Day from Ireland!
by Joe cmd 919 03/17/2008
WOW!!! looks great!!!
Really very Nice
by miss-java 03/17/2008
it's really good...i like it...keep going on..
by Double G 03/17/2008
Amazing
keep with the goos work
by ARZON CLEMENT 03/17/2008
amazing!!
Thank you Andrew
Greetings from URUGUAY (Montevideo)
by joel 03/17/2008
your best tutorial by far!
ive been wanting to learn how to use 3DS MAX and this tutorial shows a lot!!
thanks a lot
by Meyer 03/17/2008
YOU'RE THE MAN!!!
by Luca 03/17/2008
Cool! Cool! Cool! Cool!
by EL 03/17/2008
Andrew 80% of people are now using Maxon C4D!!
Try to keep it c4d man, so both 3ds and c4d can follow you.
by Bader Ahmed 03/17/2008
Thanx Andrew.

you made things simple.

Adobe has to appreciate a man like you who made their products taught in very interactive way.

videocopilot will be the most productive company aimed to reach to millions of people and respect thier graphics skill

Amaaaaazzzing
by amr gad 03/17/2008
as usual; a new very helpful tutorial...and i'm very thankful. and hope to make a tutorial of how we can make a model with growing lines....i mean a certain model like face or body...with the same growing lines.
Amr from Egypt
by Spenser 03/17/2008
Oh andrew, is there no limit to the ammount of a$$ you kick?
by JuanBreton 03/17/2008
Its Great Like that !! ! STAY WITH 3DMAX ! ! !
dont listen to the c4d guys
by coskun_07 03/17/2008
harbidende süper olmuş aslında 3d işinede soyunsa süper olur
by -Le Grand Orange- 03/17/2008
Great and very interesting tutorial)))
Greetings from Ukraine!!!!!!!
by Renker Amantéa 03/17/2008
andreww =DDD
nice tutorial ;)
one way easier to make the hall is simple create a box and put the modifier "normal" on it. If you want to change the material of the walls, ground , etc.. tranform the object into editable poly and in the modifier panel you select "face" and select the walls faces (example) and define a "material number"
when you create a new material you choose "multi map"..there Im sure you can figure out! =]

now i have a question about your productions...
what plugin or resorce you use to put HDV into after effects????
by aad van der Valk 03/17/2008
a fascinating tutorial. thanks a lot for this software mix. greetings from Holland
by mxm 03/17/2008
Thanks Andrew, great stuff once again!!
by Khurram 03/17/2008
hi Andrew ,
one more time u amaze me dear nice work ur r become a god of Speacial effects really gr8 work
when every i visit ur site i see a new gr8 tutorial so keep doin this effort for speacial effects lover thanks and chaoooo have gud day and time
by Suvir 03/17/2008
Yeah i really wanted to know how to do this............ Ak rulessss
by NIcolas 03/17/2008
WoW!! Thanks Andrew for this amazing tutorial,
i didn't really work with 3d programs, but because of you i will buy 3dMax or Cinema 4d.

Thanks
by HEY !!! 03/17/2008
THX< SWEET,
by Otterauge 03/17/2008
Great stuff dude!!
Greetings from Germany!
by adel 03/17/2008
thank you very very muth
i wait sach tutorial

adel
by Cleverson Junior 03/17/2008
Man, this tutorial is amazing...
by Mohamad 03/17/2008
Amazing. Thank you very much!
by JP 03/17/2008
=)))) Demais!
by Nkikolai 03/17/2008
Go with more 3dmax + After Effects tutorials. There is the future. :)
by scroooge 03/17/2008
great andrew, simply great
thought u were gonna do something like extrude along spline with an editable poly, but this was all new stuff for me, so thanks a lot, definitively very cool
also just wanted to tell you that it's "verticies" not "vertexes"
by Kdawg 03/17/2008
Awww man, do I gotta go out and get another program?
by Mazzimiliano 03/17/2008
Excellent as always.
Keep up the good work!

Bye from Italy
by Richard WILSON 03/17/2008
Amazing tutorial from 3D Studio Max... I hope next 3D Max tutorial involve rendering with Vray creating realistic object... For the dude from Germany, an 'Intel' Mac (not G5) will run Studio Max as good as any other similar spec’s PC under BootCamp or Parallels. You can run Windows at near native speeds in Parallels or Native speeds using Bootcamp. Also if you have a macbook pro will do the job as well. You can also call technical support at your local dealer or direct call to the USA: 415-507-5000

Greeting form Latin America, Nicaragua
by Kdawg 03/17/2008
Awww man, do I gotta go out and get another program?
by Mi.i.X.s.S 03/17/2008
Finally

Great work...Kramer the Master...

Greetings from Slovenia
by Mohammed 03/17/2008
this agreat work.
Thanks Mr.Andrew for all totourials.
you are the best
greeting from Yemen
by vi54 03/17/2008
very nice, i've learned some stuff about the z-depth now which is pretty usefull to avoid long, long render times.
by joe 03/17/2008
Hey Andrew thanks a lot for doing this tutorial....it will help me out at school a lot for my demo reel look i wanted to achieve
by Dave 03/17/2008
You never cease to impress. Keep up the great work.
Greetings from Australia
by HARY 03/17/2008
COOL !

THANKS ANDREW KRAMER
by Pete 03/17/2008
Now that's what I'm talking about!
Intergrating 3D with AE creates so many possibilities!
Thanks a lot for this tut!

Pete
by Patricio 03/17/2008
Simply the best!!!you are the tiger woods of after effects,excuseme but only for my curiosity,what kind of music do you listen?,videocopilot is the best website ever,thanks and bye
by Dario 03/17/2008
Cool tutorial, Andrew. I was looking forward for some serious combination between 3d max and AE.

Thanks a lot,
Dario (Israel).
by Ds 03/17/2008
Andrew is the best..
Thanks!!!!
by Dario 03/17/2008
Cool tutorial, Andrew. I was looking forward for some serious combination between 3d max and AE.

Thanks a lot,
Dario (Israel).
by Michael E 03/17/2008
Andy my man! Weldone with these tutorials and great stuff. Been using 3ds Max for about 3 years now, and I must confess you totally rock dude. Have you tried using Vray for your rendering, realisticity is brought to live. Keep up the good work. Here's some of my stuff!
http://www.youtube.com/user/angelmichael4
by Sayro 03/17/2008
REALLY COOL MAN, Thanks to exist!!
Greetings from ITALY!!
by rabelista studios 03/17/2008
nice one!!
by MAYA 03/17/2008
It s Great thank you Andrew
by hsab 03/17/2008
As usual...u r the mastah.
Tnx u again Mr Kramer!
by Otterauge 03/17/2008
Great stuff dude!!
Greetings from Germany!
by Otterauge 03/17/2008
Great stuff dude!!
Greetings from Germany!
by PO Mercier 03/17/2008
What happen for people you don't know how to use 3d studio max? Is it possible to import in AE a 3ds file made in another software such as Rhino 3d?
by Hashem-هاشم 03/17/2008
thank you for this tut
by Rafael Dourado - Brazil 03/17/2008
tks tks tks tks tks tks tks tks !!!
Amazing as always !!!!!!!
luv u guy ! lol !!!
tks a lot !!!!
by Jorrit 03/17/2008
Yes!!
i was wondering how you did that
Gonna watch it now
by RiotManZ 03/17/2008
Hi Andrew,
nice tutorial!
May I dare to give you a tip?
It's way faster in MAX to create a box and add a SHELL modifier with a certain inner Amount, than create all these boxes.

no offence

RiotManZ
by MeRo0o Motion Graphic Designer 03/17/2008
يا جماعه اندرو كريمير دا مش سهل دا واد جامد بجد
شغله جميل جدا وانا بحييه على شغله
by CARLOS 03/17/2008
EXCELENTE!!!.
Como todos tus tutoriales.

Gracias.
by bob 03/17/2008
Looks great !
I wondered how you made it, when i looked at twitch.
Time for me to learn 3D max>-(
by Nick 03/17/2008
AWESOME, thx Andrew
by Esmond 03/17/2008
Andrew!

What an amazing Tutorial!, Could you please do some more 3d tutorials. There isn't many good ones online that explain the basics of 3d programs. If you could explain how to use them with AE it would be even better! I love your site. Your tutorials are the best i've seen around the net! Please make more of them =)

- Esmond from Toronto.
by Damon 03/17/2008
Great tut, I'd love to see it in Lightwave also. Thanks for all your hard work!
by James Price 03/17/2008
Thank you for an excellent tutorial on 3D Max...I for one find these as useful as AE ones.
Keep up the great work guys!
by James Price 03/17/2008
Thank you for an excellent tutorial on 3D Max...I for one find these as useful as AE ones.
Keep up the great work guys!
by Peter (LV) 03/17/2008
You should do MORE 3ds Max tutorials! Its freakin' awesome! *thumbs up*
by Sami_Sama 03/17/2008
thank u

great tutorial
by UmairVFX 03/17/2008




you are killer man you are killer ;)


i LOVE YOU MAN>>>>>>>>>>>really really awesome


;)
by daqi 03/17/2008
ä¸é”™çš„ æ•™ç¨‹ 。谢谢
by Nicolas 03/17/2008
wow. That one is really great
by peter 03/17/2008
its tooo nice i wish i can talk to a great man like you
by rick 03/17/2008
ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCK !!!!
by Bob 03/17/2008
awsome tutorial, But instead of cutting up your texture to make it tile, use the offset filter.
by illd 03/17/2008
Feels like Christmas
by dash maldives 03/17/2008
nice dear really useful
by M@rco H@rtm@nn 03/17/2008
HI A,
Thanks so much for this Killer Tutorial!
Please consider a 3D max tutorial Dvd from VCP!!!
by alessia 03/17/2008
i bought TWICHT and i definitly fell in love.
come to Milano and marry me Andrew

Alessia
by Wersa 03/17/2008
Very very cool! Fantastic! THX for sharing & Inspiring!
by peter 03/17/2008
@ Warti
Cinema 4d can generate depth maps. In the multi-pass settings you can enable depth. You then need to set up the Target distance in the depth tab of your camera.
And yes you should be able to use the RPF and RLA formats, though I have never actually tried that myself.
by mitsuhiro 03/17/2008
great tut!
thx Andrew
by Simon 03/17/2008
Great^^
by JOweb 03/17/2008
Really, I appreciate this tutos more than the last (heaer, frosty). Mograf please !!!

Great thank you !

please more like this (and on C4D please)
and C4D integration with AE
by akram 03/17/2008
Good job man

you're really the KING of After Effect ...


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thanks
by coskun_07 03/17/2008
harbidende dehşet aSlında 3dsmax derside verse mükemmel olurteşekkürler Andrew Kramer
by Vers 03/17/2008
Andrew for President!

by JackieNP 03/17/2008
You are my Hero. I love you.
by Infas 03/17/2008
thanks mr.kramer
by Neo 03/17/2008
E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T!!!!!
by Haroon Rasheed 03/17/2008
CoooooooooooooooL
by Warti 03/17/2008
I´ll try it in Cinema4D, it looks pretty simple!
I dont know Cinema4D has this Z-Depth like 3D Max i´ll check this out.

Hey whats about the Fileformats with Z-Information? Like RPF and RLA? Can´t i use them ?

And many thx for another great tutorial.

MFG Warti
by Massih 03/17/2008
great man..!
CAn you do this too in cinema 4d please?

and great tutorial!!!

Greetings FRom Holland
by Alpha 03/17/2008
great tut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR8VAmiPivU
by Alpha 03/17/2008
great tut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR8VAmiPivU
by Ray Liota 03/17/2008
Greeeat!!!
Holla from Germany
by Kevin G 03/17/2008
Lord and Master. Hey Andrew I am glad to get in one of the early comments on this tutorial.
Awesome inspiring tutorial. I have been seeking out more tutorials integrating 3D Max and AE. I will get more in the upcoming DVD, but this will definitely take care of my fix for GFX and VFX.
Once again thanks Andrew.
by David 03/17/2008
Great tutorial! Awesome!
by Marvi Gatus 03/17/2008
Nice job andrew.. 'm ur BIG of fan no. 1
by retheesh dubai 03/17/2008
very nice tutorial
i allready done similar thing before, that was i used lofting option
but that is very difficult than this
by Sandy 03/17/2008
Awesome Tut Andrew, U r a Genius.

thnx man!

Cheers
Sandy
by Keyser-soze 03/17/2008
Great

- and thank you for this site!
by CraZy DonKey 03/17/2008
GRRRREAT job TONY
by Keyser-soze 03/17/2008
Great

- and thank you for this site!
by raz 03/17/2008
tats really cool Andrew
by maximusreturns 03/17/2008
omg wow! great stuff yo!
it'll be cool if you could have more of these 3d integrated scenes. and ..maybe even do it with cinema 4d..maybe?..pleeeze.

great stuff again
by Mikey 03/17/2008
Awesome tutorial Andrew, i was wondering how that worked!
by Alberto 03/17/2008
hey adrew what wonderful tuto, but i have a question, what kind of computer do i need to have a render like u ??? becose my pc is a lit slow well keep going master !!!! n hope can answer me
by Gianni 03/17/2008
Great tutorial Andrew...Thanks for your TWITCH!!!!
by Sandy 03/17/2008
Awesome Tut Andrew, U r a Genius.

thnx man!

Cheers
Sandy
by Saeed A.G 03/17/2008
Andrew.. :) never could expect some thing less from you.. and i know each time you say you have done something better.. you really mean it.. keep up the great work bro
by ted 03/17/2008
excellent! i love it!keep it up guru!:)
by V3nuZ 03/17/2008
AWSOME tutorial dude!
by Przemek 03/17/2008
very nice- excellent

Greet. from Poland

by Sergio 03/17/2008
WOW, Andrew! I'm really impressed since your first tutorial... I'm just introducing myself to AFX and with your help it has been pleaseant enough... what am I saying, it has been GREAT! Thanx!!!
Greetings from Mexico!!
by jeremy drabsch 03/17/2008
Excellent! like off the twich watching now
by Ryan 03/17/2008
wow... fantastic tutorial so much to learn from this tutorial.
by Przemek 03/17/2008
very nice- excellent

Greet. from Poland

by Stefano 03/17/2008
Excellent! I was wondering how you did that.. Guess I'm seeing here (next to AE) your hard work on 3D Beautyfull tutorial!

Greetings from Holland
by Stefan 03/17/2008
LOL First comment! That's great tutorial i will watch it in a minute.
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